"Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand."
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The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:
Hear, ye deaf; and look, ye blind, that ye may see.
They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.
And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind.
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Son of man, thou dwellest in the midst of a rebellious house, which have eyes to see, and see not; they have ears to hear, and hear not: for they are a rebellious house.
For this reason I put things into the form of stories; because they see without seeing, and give ear without hearing, and the sense is not clear to them.
For this cause I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear nor understand;
Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Therefore I speak to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
Therefore I speak to them in parables, because seeing they don't see, and hearing, they don't hear, neither do they understand.
`Because of this, in similes do I speak to them, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor understand,